Contents — The Little Flowers and the Life of St. Francis, with the Mirror of Perfection

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The Little Flowers and the Life of St. Francis, with the Mirror of Perfection · Complete three-work composite: CCEL Fioretti; Salter 1904 Life and Miracles; Evans 1899 / Goretti 2025 Mirror

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Part Little Flowers and Companion Lives flowers.xml
Front matter Title Page flowers.xml#i
Introduction flowers.xml#ii
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II flowers.xml#ii.ii
Part I flowers.xml#iii
Chapter I. In the name of Jesus Christ our crucified Saviour, and Mary his Virgin Mother. In this book are contained certain Little Flowers - to wit, miracles and pious examples of the glorious servant of Christ St Francis, and of some of his holy companions; to the glory and praise of Jesus Christ. Amen flowers.xml#iii.i
Chapter II. Of Brother Bernard of Quintavalle, the first companion of St Francis flowers.xml#iii.ii
Chapter III. How St Francis, having allowed an evil thought to arise in his mind against Brother Bernard, ordered him to place his foot three times upon his neck and his mouth flowers.xml#iii.iii
Chapter IV. How the angel of God put a question to Brother Elias, guardian of Val di Spoleto, and how, when Brother Elias answered proudly, the angel departed from him, and took the road to San Giacomo, where he met Brother Bernard and told him what follows flowers.xml#iii.iv
Chapter V. How the holy Brother Bernard of Assisi was sent by St Francis to Bologna, and how he founded a convent there flowers.xml#iii.v
Chapter VI. How St Francis, when about to die, blessed the holy Brother Bernard, naming him Vicar of the Order flowers.xml#iii.vi
Chapter VII. How St Francis passed the time of Lent in an island, on the lake of Perugia, where he fasted forty days and forty nights, eating no more than half of one loaf flowers.xml#iii.vii
Chapter VIII. How St Francis, walking one day with Brother Leo, explained to him what things are perfect joy flowers.xml#iii.viii
Chapter IX. How St Francis would teach Brother Leo what to answer, and how the latter could never say aught but the contrary to what St Francis wished flowers.xml#iii.ix
Chapter X. How Brother Masseo told St Francis, as in jest, that the world was gone after him; and how St Francis answered that it was indeed so, to the confusion of the world and through the grace of God flowers.xml#iii.x
Chapter XI. How St Francis made Brother Masseo turn round and round like a child, and then to go to Siena flowers.xml#iii.xi
Chapter XII. How St Francis gave to Brother Masseo the office of porter, of almoner and of cook; and how, at the request of the other brethren, he afterwards took these duties from him flowers.xml#iii.xii
Chapter XIII. How St Francis and Brother Masseo placed the bread they had begged upon a stone near a fountain; and how St Francis praised the virtue of holy poverty, praying St Peter and St Paul to make him love holy poverty greatly. And how St Peter and St Paul appeared to him flowers.xml#iii.xiii
Chapter XIV. How the Lord appeared to St Francis and to his brethren as he was speaking with them flowers.xml#iii.xiv
Chapter XV. How St. Clare ate with St Francis and his companions at St Mary of the Angels flowers.xml#iii.xv
Chapter XVI. How St Francis, having been told by St Clare and the holy Brother Silvester that he should preach and convert many to the faith, founded the Third Order, preached to the birds, and reduced to silence the swallows flowers.xml#iii.xvi
Chapter XVII. How a little child who had entered the Order saw St Francis in prayer one night, and saw also the Saviour, the Virgin Mary, and many other saints talk with him flowers.xml#iii.xvii
Chapter XVIII. Of the wonderful chapter held by St Francis at St Mary of the Angels, at which more than five thousand friars were present flowers.xml#iii.xviii
Chapter XIX. How the vine of the priest of Rieti, whose house St Francis entered to pray, was trampled under foot by the great numbers who came to see him, and how it yet produced a greater quantity of wine than usual, as St Francis had promised; and how the Lord revealed to the saints that heaven would be his portion when he left this world flowers.xml#iii.xix
Chapter XX. Of a beautiful vision which appeared to a young man who hated the habits of St Francis so greatly, that he was on the point of leaving the Order flowers.xml#iii.xx
Chapter XXI. Of the most holy miracle of St Francis in taming the fierce wolf of Gubbio flowers.xml#iii.xxi
Chapter XXII. How St Francis tamed the wild doves flowers.xml#iii.xxii
Chapter XXIII. How St Francis delivered the brother who, being in sin, had fallen into the power of the devil flowers.xml#iii.xxiii
Chapter XXIV. How St Francis converted to the faith the Sultan of Babylon flowers.xml#iii.xxiv
Chapter XXV. How St Francis healed miraculously a leper both in his body and in his soul, and what the soul said to him on going up to heaven flowers.xml#iii.xxv
Chapter XXVI. How St Francis converted certain robbers and assassins, who became friars; and of a wonderful vision which appeared to one of them who was a most holy brother flowers.xml#iii.xxvi